A very solid season debut from Carlos Carrasco was spoiled by a combination of poor bullpen management and poor defense, as the Mets drop the opening series finale 4-2 to the Nationals in Washington DC.
In a similar fashion to a lot of his 2021 starts, Carlos Carrasco was shaky early, but then settled in. He threw over 20 pitches in the first inning and surrendered a solo homer to Nelson Cruz to put the Nationals on top 1-0, along with a hard-hit single by Josh Bell. But, Carrasco limited the damage and narrowly avoided giving up another solo homer to Yadiel Hernandez in the second inning that was killed by the wind. After that, Carrasco was lights out, striking out five hitters over his 5…
